THE SIEGE OF CALVI, 1794

three contemporary issues of the London Chronicle spanning 24th June – 4th September including letters from an officer on board Lord Hood’s fleet, from General Stuart on surrender of Calvi, articles of capitulation of the Garrison of Calvi, killed and wounded troops at Calvi, letters from Lord Hood and ‘the journals I herewith transmit from Captain Nelson...', also letter from Sir John Borlase Warren with list of French ships destroyed on 23 August 1794, in complete issues with tax stamps

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The Siege of Calvi was a combined British and Corsican military operation during the Invasion of Corsica in the early stages of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lord Hood's fleet supplied a small expeditionary force which successfully defeated the French garrison of San Fiorenzo and then a larger force which besieged the town of Bastia. The British force, now led by General Charles Stuart, then turned their attention to the fortress of Calvi, the only remaining French-held fortress in Corsica and a heavily fortified position. Among the British wounded was Captain Horatio Nelson, who was blinded in one eye. After several weeks Stuart launched a major assault, driving the French out of the forts in turn and into the town.